The house flag of Crescent Shipping. A rectangular red flag with a white
crescent near the hoist. The flag is made of a wool and synthetic fibre
bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is machine sewn. A rope and toggle is
attached.

Jarig Bakker, 10 Aug 2004

Crescent Shipping. This is the flag of the British company London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd.
The NMM flag is the only source which shows these different proportions. London
& Rochester, dating from 1907, used Crescent Shipping as a trade name until 1986
when they officially became Crescent Shipping Ltd. Involved in the coastal
trade, in 1989 they absorbed Bowker & King Ltd. who were similarly involved but
in tankers and according to Brown 1995 they then used two flags, one red with
the white crescent for cargo ships and the other blue with the white crescent
for tankers. In 1997 a takeover saw them become Crescent plc under which title,
as a subsidiary of the Clipper Group, they still operate with their shipping
operations handled by Crescent Marine Services Ltd. Going by their website
www.crescentltd.com they
probably no longer use this flag as their logo appears to now comprise mainly a
red crescent above two wavy red lines though a blue version is given for the
Seatruck Ferries division. The red version is shown appearing on a white funnel
band which may indicate possible use as a flag.Neale Rosanoski, 18 April 2005

"A heavy failure is reported from Liverpool, where the well known firm of
Crow, Rudolf & Co., merchants and shipowners, have availed themselves of the
protection of the Liverpool Bankruptcy Court. An order for a receivership, says
"The Times" has been made against them on the petition of certain creditors, who
are bankers in New York. [...] The failure is understood to be due to the
suspension of the First National Bank of Pensacola, which involved the failure
of an American firm heavily indebted to Crow, Rudolf & Co. [...]"Ivan Sache,
4 April 2008

From the website of the National
Maritime Museum, "the house flag of Crusader Shipping Ltd., London. A black
swallow-tailed pennant with a shield bearing the cross of St George on a gold
sword. The flag is made of a machine sewn, wool and synthetic fibre bunting. The
motif and the hoist are made of cotton fabric. A rope and toggle is attached.
The crusader's sword and shield in the design were intended by the company to
symbolise the launch into a new trade route across the Pacific from New Zealand
to the West Coast of USA."Jarig Bakker, 10 August 2004